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Unathi

U. Sapiens / Sinta'Unathi

Home System: Uueoa-Esa

Homeworld: Moghes , Ouerea

Language(s): Sinta'Unathi , Sinta'Azaziba

Political Entitie(s): The Aut'akh Valley / The Undercity Communes

Overview

The Aut'akh are a decentralized, leaderless religious movement and society. Formed by a group of scientists and engineers on Ouerea after the Contact War, they took the Th'akh faith to extremes through ritualistic augmentation in the pursuit of self-actualization. After revealing themselves to the galaxy, these transhumanists seek to carve out a small space for themselves wherever they can seek refuge. Many disabled and elderly form these religious communes that seize and control their own spiritual destiny, and many others who feel displaced by society - Guwan, those who claim their bodies and souls do not align, and even those of other species - they are found within these communes as well.

However, this cultish movement does not go unanswered: the Sk'akh faith publicly ridicules these tech worshipers, calling them "soul mutilators" and "a disgrace to sinta." On top of this, though being based on the faith, most if not all Th'akh shamans adamantly denounce the religion as honor-less Guwan. Finally, their inherent belief in leaders being antithetical to the nature of roaming spirits, each commune faces unique challenges in trying to fulfill their own lifestyles and adapt to different climates.

• Due to a mix of religious and political views, Aut'akh are barred from command roles.*

Religion

Unathi of this religion has many aspects that deter from more conventional and traditional faiths. More of the core tenets can be found here. (DO NOT FORGET TO DO THIS!)

Lifestyle of the Communes

The Aut'akh faith, due to its polarizing and radical nature, doubles as a form of lifestyle for everyone who truly prescribes to its philosophies. Each group of Aut'akh, formally referred to as communes, are clan-less and leaderless societies that seek to avoid putting power into any one individual. Responsibilities that require consolidated power are never solely on one person; any specific role has a rotation of people from the commune that pass off responsibilities after a certain period of time. Such roles might be managing and keeping track of credit stores, managing community projects, or even jobs that lack any true form of power over others, such as delivering and sending mail. Aut'akh shamans are the only considerable people of power, and are usually go-to figures when a commune needs representation in a matter. However, many Aut'akh are divided on whether or not these shamans are truly necessary outlets of the faith.

Besides such roles, each person leads a simpler life in the commune, where everyone is responsible only for themselves. Trading is normalcy for each commune as most people do not have the skills or time to perform each task they need done themselves. In older, more established societies, these trades come down to routine due to familiar interactions with a small populace. While credits are still held by the commune as a whole for purchasing power with the outside world, material wealth is something that is avoided; most wealth goes towards attempting enlightenment via augmentation.

Rarely do non-Aut'akh know any concrete information about these communes; as a result, only rumors are spread about Aut'akh, only demonizing and alienating them further.

Augmentation and Prosthetics

Connecting with your spirit requires true emulation of a spirit's nature. In addition to living a life devoid of authority wherever possible, many commune denizens put great effort into art or shows of self-expression. The truest form of self-expression, however, is connected to an Aut'akh's choice of limbs, augments, and similar. Much like how people commission artists for paintings, Aut'akh request prosthetics from a capable roboticist in the commune. The process of creating a limb for an Aut'akh is involved and painstakingly done, as there can be no room for error. The flesh can be flawed, inert, or disabled; prosthetics should only ever be an improvement, not a downgrade, as a house for the spirit. However, the spirits have petty squabbles and disagree upon many things, and similarly, many different communes have grown apart on how perfection in prosthetics is displayed, with even some more minor disagreements within the same commune. An Aut'akh's first responsibility, however, is making sure that new tech is made to their own liking, and nobody else's.